Cultivator-shovel.



No. 680,669. Patented Aug. l3, I90l. -w. n. OYLER.

- CULTIVATDR SHDVEL.

(Application filed m6. 6, 1900.

(No Model.)

WILLIAM R. OYLER OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OYLER PLOW COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CU LTlVATOR-SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,669, dated August 13, 1901. Application filed December 5, 1900. Serial No. 38,808. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. OYLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cultivator-Shovels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cultivator-shovels, and has for its object to provide a cultivator or double shovel with a glass front or facing attached to the metallic body of the shovel in a simple, efficient, and inexpensive manner.

To this end my invention consists in the features and in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims following the description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, wherein- Figure l is a perspective view of a cultivator-shovel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the parts separated. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sec-, tional view, and Fig. at is a rear view.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the metallic body of the cultivatorshovel, formed of steel and having imparted to it the usual concavo-convex shape in the ordinary manner, and 2 indicates the point. Intermediate its point and body the shovel is provided with a transverse shoulder or offset 3, formed by forging the point in a different plane from but parallel with the plane of the body of the shovel, said shoulder or offset lying at a right angle to both the point and body of the shovel. The front or face 4 of the shovel isformed of asingle integral piece'of smooth glass shaped to conform to the con-' figuration of the body 1v of the shovel, said front or face having a thickness equal to the distance between the front or forward faces of the point and body of the shovel, whereby when the glass front or face is secured in place on the shovel its surface will be flush with the surface-of the point. Formed centrally in the shoulder or rabbet 3 is a slot 5, and formed integrally with and projecting vertically downward from the lower edge of the glass front or face is a depending tongue 6, which is adapted to fit within the slot 5 and hold the lower end of the front or face in place. The upper end of the glass front or face is held in place as follows: Oountersunk apertures 7 are formed in the upper corner portions of the body of the shovel, and seated in said countersunk apertures are the heads 8 of bolts, said bolts passing through the said body and projecting beyond the rear side thereof. Arranged against the rear side of the upper corners of the body of the shovel are two clips, each of said clips comprising a fiat metallic plate 9, which is seated against the rear side of the shovel and is provided with an elongated slot 10, through which the bolt 8 passes, nuts 11 being screwed over the rear ends of the bolts to hold the clipsin place. Each of the plates 9 is provided at its upper end with two claws 12, which are bent up at an angle to the plate and at their extremities are provided with overhanging flanges 13.

To secure the glass front or face to the shovel,it is only necessary to insert the tongue 6 in the slot 5 and permit the lower edge of the front or face 4 to drop to its seat against the shoulder or offset 3. Then the clips are moved inward toward the corners of the shovel until the claws 12 embrace and grasp the upper and side edges of the glass front or face,-'after which the nuts 11 are tightened up, firmly holding the clips in place.

Construct-ed as above described the glass front of the shovel will always present a smooth and polished surface to the soil, as

practice has proven that the earth will not adhere to the glass, thereby offering but little resistance to the plow. Moreover, the glass front is more durable than steel, and it will not appreciably wear and will not'rust. By adjustably securing the clips to the body of the cultivator-shovel in the manner shown and described not only is the operation of attaching and detaching the glass front or face greatly facilitated but they will accommodate themselves to any inequalities or irregularities of the edgesof the glass.

Having described my invention, what I claim is l. The combination with a cultivator-shovel provided with a transverse shoulder or rabbet on its forward side intermediate its body portion and point, said shoulder or rabbet being provided with a slot, of a glass front or face shaped to conform to the configuration of the body of the shovel and provided at its lower edge with a depending tongue fitted in said slot, and means for clasping the glass front or face to the shovel, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a cultivator-shovel provided with a transverse shoulder or rabbet on-its forward side intermediate its body portion and point, said shoulder or rabbet being provided with a slot, of a glass front or face shaped to conform to the configuration of the body of the shovel and provided at its lower edge with a depending tongue fitted in said slot, and clips adj ustably attached to the rear side of the upper corners of the body of the shovel and each provided with claws arranged to clasp the upper and side edges of the glass front or face,- substantially as described.

3. The combination with a cultivator-shovel provided with a transverse shoulder or rab bet on its forward side intermediate its body portion and point, said shoulder or rabbet being provided with a slot, of a glass front or face shaped to conform to the configuration of the body of the shovel and provided at its lower edge with a depending tongue fitted in said slot, clips arranged at the upper corners of the body of the shovel and each comprising a fiat plate s eated against the rear side of the shovel and providedwith an elongated slot and provided at its end with upwardly-bent claws terminating in overhanging flanges arranged to grip the top and side edges of the glass front or face, headed bolts seated flush in countersunk bolt-holes in the shovel and projecting through the slots in the clips, and nuts screwed over the rear ends of the bolts, substantially as shown and described.

4. Acultivator-shovel consisting of a metallic body portion and point, said shovel being bent intermediate its body portion and point to form a transverse shoulder or rabbet, and said shoulder or offset being provided with a slot, in combination with a glass front or face shaped to conform and fitted to the face of the body of the shovel and resting at its lower edge against said shoulder or rabbet and pro vided with a depending tongue fitted in said slot, and means for clasping the upper end of said front or face to the shovel, substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM R. OYLER.

Witnesses:

A. W. HALL, EDWARD CLAFFEY. 

